The philosophy of existentialism in the work by Nizami Ganjavi

Abstract

In the works of Nizami Ganjavi, a place is given to such concepts of knowledge as the creation of man, the state of his perfection, the unfaithfulness of the universe, isolation (limiting desires), the life after the death, and the rejection of sinfulness (repentance).

Therefore, it is no coincidence that Nizami Ganjavi's poems are based on the perfection of knowledge, giving preference to such aspects as asceticism, purification, secularism and isolation.

In the description of Nizami Ganjavi, the meeting of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) with the Almighty Allah is very close to the philosophy of the unity of being (wahdat al-wujud) – reunion with Allah, the merging of a particle with the universe and dissolution within it. The main condition for reunion with the Almighty Allah is the death of the individual and the understanding of the meaning of one's existence. Such a reunion of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) with the Almighty Allah is described in the poet's poem “Seven Beauties” using sufi terms “like a sea and a drop”.

There was no one but the Almighty...

Left his companions half way

Took the path to the nameless sea

Drop by drop across the ocean

Up and down, forward and backward, left, right,

Transformed into one spirit, six souls disappeared.